Since establishment, we have managed to implement projects such as emergency response, food security and livelihoods, health and nutrition, protection and human rights, education and skills development as well as WASH in Benadir, Southwest, Hirshabelle and Galmudug. HIRDO is currently implementing nutrition, WASH, protection and Capacity strengthening projects in Benadir region, Hirshabelle and Galmudug states with the support of UNICEF, WFP and Help Age International. HIRDO is SPHERE focal point for Somalia. HIRDO works closely with communities, making significant progress in addressing the needs of the most vulnerable populations in the affected areas.

Because of HIRDO projects, vulnerable communities are able to receive the much-needed life-saving assistance in times of crisis, contributing to improved well-being of the targeted beneficiaries. We have developed different strategic organizational policies aimed at different interventions through all-inclusive and participatory approach while working in close consultation with the local communities, to ensure ownership and sustainability of our intervention strategies.

Improve the life quality of community members using community based approach and enable communities identify problems in their communities, formulate and implement both short and long term activities to solve those problems and better manage their resource base in the Horn of Africa.

Enable communities to mobilize human resources and financial capital from local and external sources so as to attend to humanitarian emergencies to assist affected communities prepare for future disasters in the Horn of Africa.

Reduce poverty and improve the quality of living in a sustainable manner by implementing integrated community development programs such as raise awareness about existing social (gender and children) structure through human rights advocacy and gender sensitizations in the whole of Somalia